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The Beginner’s Guide To Asian Cosmetics Part 3 : Packaging is a necessity

Packaging plays a REALLY important part in Asian Cosmetics. Well, it does in Western Cosmetics too, but they don’t have the luxury of having nice packaging = cheap. Anything nice in the Western world = expensive. I’m sure there have been many times you bought something for their packaging ( e.g that It’s Skin Macaroon Lip Balm or the Etude House Missing U Hand Creams ). In fact, most of the packaging of Asian Cosmetic Products are so functional and cute that you’d end up using them as something else when you finish using it.

I’m going to start with the packaging of the ‘cutesy’ products which all Asians will fall for, but westerners would deem it as ‘childish’.

If you think that the Japanese makes the best ‘kawaii’ packaging – the Koreans take it to a whole new level and at cheap prices too! These stuff can be re-used to store your fruits, paper clips, whatever you want!

Ranging from a range of groceries products like fruits, eggs, to patisserie products like macaroons.

In this photo : creams, masks, macaroon lip balms, pore tightening serums ( oh, there’s even a seed for you to grow your own plant in it after you’re done with the product ), and the egg soap.

In this photo : nail polish, lip balm, perfume & mascara.

In this photo : lip gloss, mists, perfumes, hand creams.

In this photo : No it’s not a cappuccino, it’s a facial scrub. Blusher. Ice-cream creams.